Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-03-19
CHAPTER Xxx.
FOR CHEYENNE.

FOR CHEYENNE.
II want to 90 away, he said to Morton
who, ornamented with a big diamond pin,
was parading through his palace Of for
tune. Il want a few dollars, and if [ get
hold of any money, will send it back to
you"
Morton was in luck, his big gambling
hall was yielding him an immense reve-
nue.. In a most generous frame of mind
he listened with quiet and smiles to the
man who but two days before he mad
frowned severely upon As long as Ben
tons luck lasted he had made it pretty
hot for Morton's game, had won with Il
high handed effrontery of manner which
made the sport a little provoked; now that
Benton was broke Morton looked with,
some degree Of sympathy upon him and
said:
"If fifty will do you any good you can
have it."
Fifty dollars was more than Ed. had
hoped to get, but it was not much more
han enough to get away on. So with
thanks and promises he took it, and next
day was on the road headed for Cheyenne.
CHAPTER MI.
TO SAVE ED.
The grabbing mine owner sat with his
wine at his elbow and an imported cigar
between his fingers.
"kate, can't you remember young Ben
ton, seems to me you knew him out on
the Pacific Slope" he said to Mrs. Owens,
who with languid grace was ~posturing in
an easy chair.
No. never heard of him that I can
remember she answered.
didn't you enquire of me about him a
few days ago." he asked.
mo, Major, l don't know Of any such
persons existence" she replied with a
bored, weary Indifference.
''Some one else perhaps he unused
aloud. "Magill tells me-" he went on half
to himself, "that he's cot plenty Of nerve
and will take the Georgia for an eighth
Mrs. Owens, with dreamy, half closed
eyes, pretended to be in no wise interested
in the Majors conversation yet every word
was being weighed by her, and her brain
was busy.
If the Georgia's good I'll buy him out;
if its not. what we think it is, he can keep
it." added the mining magnate.
Kate Owens made a resolve. She would
see Benton again and warn him to have
nothing to do with jumping Of the Geor-
gia.
The streets of Deadwood were alive with
swarnaing crowds Of men. Women We're,
in those days, but a small proportion of
the inhabitants, and a oma on the side
walks during the early part Of the night
was a rather unusual sight for the motely
throng which moved with restless surge
from one house to another.
asked as a 1.-THE, quick female figure with
half drawn veil elbowed her way through
the crowd up the main t~horoughfare. No
one seemed to know. Whatever her err
rand was, she was in earnest and in a hur-
~. So that men stepped aside to let her
pass and turned to catch a glimpse of her.
Kate Owens knew where the Georgia was
located and knew, too, that on this night
the Jumping was to be done. Knew that
before the act would be done it might be |
accompanied with loss of life, perhaps
murder. In vain had she attempted to |
bring Ed. Benton to her. Her efforts had
been unsuccessful. Believing from an
overheard conversation between Wild Ma
gill and the Major that Ed. Benton would
lead the movement, she determined to find
Benton and dissuade him from taking part |
in the affair. Up the hill she went with
eager-hurried steps, past cabins and shaft
houses, lodging prospect holes and climb
ing around and over dumps, unheeding,
everything, with but one all absorbing in
tent-to save Ed. Benton.
{Cont5nued.)
General Sheridan for PresIdenf